Milan vs Cagliari 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

12': Sandro Tonali
17': Rafael Leão
24': Olivier Giroud
43': Olivier Giroud (P)

FT
4 - 1

Cagliari

15': Alessandro Deiola

Giroud double fires AC Milan to win over Cagliari

Striker Oliver Giroud's first goals for AC Milan helped them to a comfortable 4-1 victory over Cagliari on Sunday as Stefano Pioli's team continued

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
5': Dalbert (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
12': Goal! AC Milan 1, Cagliari 0. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
15': Goal! AC Milan 1, Cagliari 1. Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Pedro.
17': Goal! AC Milan 2, Cagliari 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
24': Goal! AC Milan 3, Cagliari 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brahim Díaz following a fast break.
38': Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Kevin Strootman (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
43': Goal! AC Milan 4, Cagliari 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
62': Diego Godín (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Substitution, Cagliari. Gabriele Zappa replaces Luca Ceppitelli because of an injury.
68': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
68': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
68': Substitution, AC Milan. Ismaël Bennacer replaces Sandro Tonali.
73': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Substitution, Cagliari. Charalampos Lykogiannis replaces Dalbert.
75': Substitution, Cagliari. Diego Farias replaces Kevin Strootman.
84': Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
85': Substitution, Cagliari. Damir Ceter replaces Leonardo Pavoletti.
85': Substitution, Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro replaces Alessandro Deiola.
90'+2': Substitution, AC Milan. Samu Castillejo replaces Olivier Giroud.
90'+3': Second Half ends, AC Milan 4, Cagliari 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 31,946

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+43	Internazionale	27	67	4
+23	AC Milan	27	57	2
+13	Napoli	27	53	6
+18	AS Roma	27	51	8

Full Table

Statistics

CAG		MIL
11	Fouls	13
5	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	8
1	Saves	1
43	Possession	57
7	SHOTS	18
2	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
337	Accurate Passes	464
392	Passes	517
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
5	Accurate Crosses	7
14	Crosses	22
0.4	Cross %	0.3
40	Long Balls	46
25	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	8
6	Effective Tackles	4
12	Tackles	6
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
4	Interceptions	6
12	Effective Clearances	11
12	Clearances	11

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
24	Simon Kjaer
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
10	Brahim Díaz
33	Rade Krunic
8	Sandro Tonali
9	Olivier Giroud
17	Rafael Leão
56	Alexis Saelemaekers

Substitutes:

Daniel Maldini, Samu Castillejo, Alessandro Plizzari, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Ismaël Bennacer, Alessio Romagnoli, Matteo Gabbia, Ante Rebic, Pierre Kalulu, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Alessandro Florenzi.

Cagliari (3-5-2)

No.	Name
31	Boris Radunovic (GK)
2	Diego Godín
44	Andrea Carboni
23	Luca Ceppitelli
14	Alessandro Deiola
8	Razvan Marin
16	Kevin Strootman
29	Dalbert
18	Nahitan Nández
30	Leonardo Pavoletti
10	João Pedro

Substitutes:

Charalampos Lykogiannis, Diego Farias, Giorgio Altare, Alberto Grassi, Gabriele Zappa, Eugenio Fusco, Simone Aresti, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Christian Oliva, Gastón Pereiro, Damir Ceter Valencia.